THE Khadijah Bint Khuwailid Center in the Jeddah Chamber of Commerce and Industry (JCCI) has recommended that women be allowed to open beauty salons for make-up and hairstyling.
Authorities don't give license to open beauty salons. But many such establishments operate under the license obtained for boutiques. The recommendation was made at a recent forum under the sponsorship of Princess Adela Bint Abdullah Bin Abdul Aziz, and Maha Fitaihi with JCCI board members Nashwa Taher, Dr. Lama Al-Sulaiman and Dr. Basmah Omair, director of the Khadijah Bint Khuwailid Center.
A Cabinet decree issued in 1968 (1388 hegira) states that women are not allowed to open or establish a place for make up or hairstyling.
Maha Saad, 25, is a beauty cosmetic expert with extensive courses who had tried opening her own beauty salon, but in vain.
"I tried hard to be good at something I like but since there are no jobs available, I thought of opening my own beauty salon," said Maha.
She tried to open one but due to the Cabinet ruling years ago, Maha was forced to go in another direction.
"I even tried to realize my dream by bringing in foreign workers to work with me. That is, they take care of the boutique section while I do the cosmetic part.
But that required a lot of money from me for their salaries so I eventually gave up despite all the hard work I have put in to become a cosmetic expert," she said.
Hearing about the recommendation filed from the Khadijah Bint Khuwailid Center made Maha happy. "At least I now have the chance to fulfill my dream finally," she said.
Fatima Al-Sharief, owner of a boutique, did not have to deal with the dilemma because she has a degree in dressmaking.
Jeddah has many boutiques that actually focus more on make-up, hairstyling and body care over dressmaking.
Some just call their businesses by the name of its owners unless these get shut down.
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